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Symogen's student receives international scholarship

The International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology (ISPE) has accepted the abstract on ‘Fixed Dose Combinations and Call for Effective Pharmacovigilance System in Action in India’ to be presented at the 24th International Conference in Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management, Copenhagen, Denmark from August 17-20, 2008. This was a project thesis work submitted as part of the Certificate Course in Pharmacovigilance and Pharmacoepidemiology conducted by one of the students, Deepa Alimchandani, who was a student of the first batch of the course conducted by Symogen and held at New Delhi from September 2007 to December 2007.

Also, the ISPE Scholarship Committee has granted Alimchandani to attend ICPE 2008, from August 17 to August 20, 2008. The scholarship will cover the registration fee to attend the ICPE 2008, registration for Pre-ICPE courses, and a one-year membership in the society. ISPE will also provide for her travel expenses to a total of $1,750. The committee reviewed many applications before reaching its decisions and had to make difficult decisions in allocating the scholarship funds the ISPE Board of Directors appropriated.

ISPE, headquartered in USA, is an international organisation dedicated to advancing the health of the public by providing a forum for the open exchange of scientific information and for the development of policy; education; and advocacy for the field of pharmacoepidemiology, including pharmacovigilance, drug utilisation research, and therapeutic risk management.